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Freddy Couples’ back is back

I feel Fred Couples’ pain in more ways than one. He’s a divorced, sharp looking golfer with a great swing who has back problems (sounds familiar haha). Freddy will be making yet another appearance this year in the tournament nobody…

3rd Annual HOG Turkey Awards

Every year around this time of year (Thanksgiving for us in the USA) I do the Hooked On Golf Blog Turkey Awards. To get on this list of awards, you have to be some kind of bonehead in the golf…

Category: European Tour, PGA Tour, Tiger Woods

Dubai to host the richest tournament in 2009

Another “the race to” tournament… just great The world’s richest golf tournament in 2009 will be in Dubai. A $10 million purse with a $1.66 million prize for first place is the prize money. This is the European Tour’s answer…

Category: Golf Media, PGA Tour

Curtis Strange inducted into the hall of fame

Curtis Strange won the US Open two years in a row. Not an easy thing to do. He won 17 times and was the first to break the $1,000,000 mark on the PGA Tour. Now you barely make the top…

Category: European Tour, Golf Media, PGA Tour

2008 PGA Tour playoff schedule changed for Ryder Cup

There’s been a lot of speculation about what would happen in 2008 with the FedEx Cup playoffs ending right before the Ryder Cup. Would that long grind make all the USA players “tired” and produce another ass-whooping by the European…